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Malai kofta is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Malai kofta is something that I have loved my entire life.
Malai kofta recipe - Make the best restaurant style malai paneer kofta in delicious and creamy gravy. So malai kofta literally translates to koftas dunked in a creamy sauce. Deep fried balls (koftas) made with potato and paneer are dunked in a creamy spiced velvety smooth curry.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have malai kofta using 27 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Malai kofta:
- Prepare Kofta ingredients
- Get 1 . Paneer - 75 gms
- Take 2 . Boiled Potato - 2 medium size
- Get 3 . Corn flour 2 tbsp
- Take 4 . Anardana powder - 1 tsp
- Make ready 5 . Salt as per taste
- Get 6 . Cilantro chopped
- Make ready 7 . Red chilli powder - 1.5 tsp (or u can adjust taste as per spice level u want)
- Prepare 8 . OPTIONAL - Dry fruits for Stuffing in kofta - almond, raisin & cashew nuts (coarsely chopped)
- Get Gravy ingredients
- Prepare 1 . Chopped Onion - 1 medium to large size
- Take 2 . Chopped Tomato- 1 & 1/2 m to l size
- Get 3 . Garlic chopped - 1 tbsp
- Take 4 . Ginger chopped - 1/2 tbsp
- Prepare 5 . Green chilli - 1 tbsp
- Prepare 6 . Whole Black pepper - 8 to 10
- Get 7 . Whole Cashews - 8 to 10
- Get 8 . Cooking cream - 3 tbsp
- Take 9 . Ghee - 1 & 1/2 tbsp
- Make ready 10 . Oil - 1 & 1/2 tbsp
- Get 11 . Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Take 12 . Salt as per taste
- Get 13 . Red chilli powder - 1tbsp
- Take 14 . Dhaniya jeera powder - 1tsp
- Prepare 15 . Dry Kasuri methi leaves - 1 tsp
- Prepare 16 . Kali ilaichi / black cardamom
- Make ready 17 . Bay leaf
Malai Kofta - deep-fried paneer and potato balls, dunked in a creamy-smooth onion tomato based gravy! Once you taste this curry you will make it again. Malai Kofta is a very popular North Indian dish & undoubtedly tops the list of foods ordered at Indian restaurants. Malai stands for cream and Kofta is a fried dumpling of mashed potatoes, paneer (Indian.
Steps to make Malai kofta:
- Method for kofta: - - grate paneer and boiled potatoes (leave a small portion of grated potatoes to bind dry fruits), add all the ingredients except for dry fruits which needs to be used for stuffing. Combine everything. - - Combine left over potato with dry fruits - - Make small round balls of kofta and stuff dry fruits inside them - - Roll it in dry maida flour and dust of excess flour - - Deep fry them on medium to high heat until golden brown. - - Tip : add kofta only when u are about to eat
- Method for gravy: - - - heat oil (1tbsp) and ghee in a pan. Add cumin seeds, black pepper corn, kali ilaichi, bay leaf once done add onions and sauté until golden. Add chopped garlic, ginger & green chilli. Give a stir. - - Add chopped tomatoes, cashew nuts and stir. Add salt as per taste. Add 3/4th cup of water and cook it with close lid for 5-6 mins. Let it cool, remove bay leaf and kali ilaichi and grind it in a smooth paste - - Strain the paste (use little water to easily strain it)
- Heat 1tbsp oil in a pan and then add 1 tbsp red chilli powder & strained gravy - - Add water to make the gravy thin but not watery, add kasuri methi. Check if extra salt is required. Cook it for 4mins on medium heat to get good consistency - - Add 2 tbsp cooking cream and cook for 2-3 mins. - - To serve plate kofta and pour gravy. use cream and chopped cilantro to present it
Malai kofta is a delicious and rich main dish. Paneer dumplings with rich cream gravy. One of the popular paneer dishes for any special occasion. Malai Kofta is a popular Indian vegetarian side dish made with kofta balls dunked in creamy tomato based gravy. Serve them with Naan bread or homemade flatbread!
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